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Many individual symbols in this religion are depicted in a circle in the milokan representation of certain images. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this religion whose practitioners create those images, commonly using cornmeal, to depict important religious symbols such as a cross or a walking cane.
ANSWER: Haitian Vodou [or Voodoo] (Those images are vèvè.)
[10h] Similar to Vodou vèvè (“veh-VEH”), practitioners of this religion create diagrams called firmas that connect mpungu spirits to the material world. This Kongo-inspired religion teaches that spirits inhabit vessels called nganga.
ANSWER: Palo [or Palo Mayombe; prompt on Reglas de Congo]
[10e] Practitioners of a religion from this country, Abakuá, draw diagrams called anaforuanas based on Nsibidi symbols. Palo developed in this country, as did the Yoruba-Catholic syncretic religion Santería.
ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba; or República de Cuba]
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EditionsHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
1578.2549%33%0%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Alabama AVanderbilt A0000
Brandeis AHarvard B0000
Brandeis BBrown A0000
BristolOxford A0000
Bruin ALouisville A1001020ME
Cambridge AManchester001010E
Cambridge BSouthampton A0000
Cambridge CSouthampton B1001020ME
CarletonWisconsin B0000
Carnegie Mellon ACase Western A1001020ME
Carnegie Mellon BKenyon0000
Chicago BMissouri100010M
Columbia BPenn B1001020ME
Cornell BNYU B100010M
Cornell DCornell C100010M
Dartmouth AMIT A1001020ME
DukeLiberty B001010E
ESF ABinghamton A0000
Florida AValencia A0000
Florida BUCF C100010M
Florida State AUCF B0000
George Washington AJohns Hopkins A0000
Georgetown ANotre Dame A001010E
Georgetown BStanford B001010E
Georgia Tech CGeorgia Tech B1001020ME
Georgia Tech DGeorgia Tech A0000
Harvard AUMass Boston001010E
Illinois AChicago A001010E
Imperial AOxford B0000
Imperial BOxford C001010E
IowaPurdue1001020ME
Iowa StateMinnesota B100010M
John Jay CollegeGeorge Washington B0000
Maryland AMaryland B001010E
Michigan CMichigan A0000
Michigan DMichigan B0000
Michigan StateOhio State A001010E
NYU AHaverford B0000
NYU CDurham0000
Northwestern ANotre Dame B1001020ME
Northwestern BNotre Dame C0000
Ohio State BCase Western B0000
RIT BRIT A0000
Rutgers AHaverford A001010E
SheffieldLSE1001020ME
South CarolinaLiberty C001010E
Tufts ABU001010E
UBCUW B1001020ME
UNC BVirginia Tech A1001020ME
UNC CVirginia A001010E
UNC DLiberty A0000
UW AAlberta001010E
Warwick ACambridge E1001020ME
Warwick BCambridge D0000
William & MaryWake Forest100010M
Winona StateWisconsin A1001020ME
Yale AColumbia C001010E

Summary

TournamentEditionHeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
Florida2025-02-0133.330%33%0%
Great Lakes2025-02-0165.0033%17%0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01610.0067%33%0%
Midwest2025-02-01210.0050%50%0%
North2025-02-01310.0033%67%0%
Northeast2025-02-0158.0060%20%0%
Overflow2025-02-01512.0080%40%0%
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01215.00100%50%0%
Southeast2025-02-01410.0050%50%0%
UK2025-02-01108.0050%30%0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-0187.5050%25%0%
Upstate NY2025-02-0133.330%33%0%